Dinner Music

Dinner Music
Studio album by Carla Bley
Released	1977
Recorded	July-September 1976
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:09
Label	Watt/ECM
Producer	Carla Bley and George James
Carla Bley chronology
Tropic Appetites (1973-4) Dinner Music (1976) European Tour 1977 (1977)

Dinner Music is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 1976 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1977.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "First excursion on a funky trail, executed immaculately. Near essential".^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3 stars.^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley except as indicated

1. "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" - 7:43
2. "Dreams So Real" - 5:36
3. "Ad Infinitum" - 5:54
4. "Dining Alone" (lyrics by Bley & John Hunt) - 4:36
5. "Song Sung Long" - 6:02
6. "Ida Lupino" - 7:57
7. "Funnybird Song" - 3:05
8. "A New Hymn" - 7:25

• Recorded at Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York in July-September 1976.

Personnel

• Carla Bley - organ, piano, tenor saxophone, vocals
• Michael Mantler - trumpet
• Carlos Ward - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
• Roswell Rudd - trombone
• Bob Stewart - tuba
• Richard Tee - piano, electric piano
• Cornell Dupree (tracks 1 & 7), Eric Gale, (tracks 2, 4 & 6) - guitar
• Gordon Edwards - bass guitar
• Steve Gadd - drums

References

1. ^ Carla Bley discography accessed July 23, 2010
2. ^ ^{a b} Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed July 23, 2010
3. ^ ^{a b} Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992] (in English). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. pp. 130. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.